Quran basics
What is a juz? The 30 parts of the Quran explained
A juz (plural ajza, in Turkish cüz, in Urdu para) is one of 30 parts of roughly equal length. The division exists to make reading the whole Quran manageable, most famously one juz a day in Ramadan.
Juz, hizb and manzil
- Juz: 30 parts, about 20 pages each in the standard 604-page mushaf.
- Hizb: each juz is split into 2 hizb, so there are 60. A hizb is split again into quarters (rub al-hizb), which are often marked in the margin.
- Manzil: 7 parts, used by people who complete the Quran once a week.
None of these divisions are part of the revealed text. They were added later as a reading aid, which is why a juz sometimes starts in the middle of a surah.
Where each juz starts
Verse counts follow the common Hafs numbering (6,236 verses in total) and page numbers follow the standard Madani mushaf. A juz that starts in the middle of a page shares that page with the previous juz.
| Juz | Starts at | Verses | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Fatiha 1:1 | 148 | 1–21 |
| 2 | Al-Baqarah 2:142 | 111 | 22–41 |
| 3 | Al-Baqarah 2:253 | 126 | 42–62 |
| 4 | Al Imran 3:93 | 131 | 62–81 |
| 5 | An-Nisa 4:24 | 124 | 82–101 |
| 6 | An-Nisa 4:148 | 110 | 102–121 |
| 7 | Al-Maidah 5:82 | 149 | 121–141 |
| 8 | Al-An'am 6:111 | 142 | 142–161 |
| 9 | Al-A'raf 7:88 | 159 | 162–181 |
| 10 | Al-Anfal 8:41 | 127 | 182–201 |
| 11 | At-Tawbah 9:93 | 151 | 201–221 |
| 12 | Hud 11:6 | 170 | 222–241 |
| 13 | Yusuf 12:53 | 154 | 242–261 |
| 14 | Al-Hijr 15:1 | 227 | 262–281 |
| 15 | Al-Isra 17:1 | 185 | 282–301 |
| 16 | Al-Kahf 18:75 | 269 | 302–321 |
| 17 | Al-Anbiya 21:1 | 190 | 322–341 |
| 18 | Al-Mu'minun 23:1 | 202 | 342–361 |
| 19 | Al-Furqan 25:21 | 339 | 362–381 |
| 20 | An-Naml 27:56 | 171 | 382–401 |
| 21 | Al-Ankabut 29:46 | 178 | 402–421 |
| 22 | Al-Ahzab 33:31 | 169 | 422–441 |
| 23 | Ya-Sin 36:28 | 357 | 442–461 |
| 24 | Az-Zumar 39:32 | 175 | 462–481 |
| 25 | Fussilat 41:47 | 246 | 482–502 |
| 26 | Al-Ahqaf 46:1 | 195 | 502–521 |
| 27 | Adh-Dhariyat 51:31 | 399 | 522–541 |
| 28 | Al-Mujadilah 58:1 | 137 | 542–561 |
| 29 | Al-Mulk 67:1 | 431 | 562–581 |
| 30 | An-Naba' 78:1 | 564 | 582–604 |
Notice how the verse counts grow toward the end. The later juz contain many short surahs with short verses, so Juz 30 has almost four times as many verses as Juz 2, while both are about 20 pages long.
Well-known juz
- Juz 1 opens with Al-Fatiha and the beginning of Al-Baqarah.
- Juz 15 contains the first part of Surah Al-Kahf, which many people read on Fridays. Al-Kahf finishes in Juz 16.
- Juz 29 (Tabarak) starts with Surah Al-Mulk.
- Juz 30 (Amma) holds the short surahs most of us memorize first.
Reading one juz at a time
A juz takes most fluent readers about 30 to 45 minutes. In a group khatm, each person takes one or more juz so that together you complete all 30. In Mushafy, once you take a juz in a khatm, every verse of it you read in the app is counted toward it automatically, and the juz is marked done when you finish.
Read a little every day, together
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